Slowing The Plunder of Madagascar’s Fish Stocks
The coastline of Madagascar, the world’s fourth largest island, is about 4,800km, providing it with an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of more than 1.2 million square kilometres, but the government has no capacity to patrol, police or monitor its vast maritime asset.
On California’s Beaches, Mallard Ducks Have Learned to Surf for Food
Mallards, that familiar duck species ubiquitous to park ponds with males parading their emerald-green heads, have picked up a new feeding habit along the beaches of Santa Barbara. These ducks have learned to surf. For sand crabs.
Trying to Shame Dune Holdouts at Jersey Shore
Some oceanfront properties owners have refused to grant easements to allow the federal government to build a massive dune along a 50-mile stretch of the Jersey Shore. Without the protective ridge of sand, engineers predict it is only a matter of time before homes, neighborhoods, even entire communities are wiped out by rising seas.
New Analyses Find Evidence of Human-Caused Climate Change
New analyses find evidence of human-caused climate change in half of the 12 extreme weather and climate events analyzed from 2012
Pyroclastic Flow at Paluweh Volcano Extending Beach By A Few Meters
A fresh scar on the north side of Indonesia’s volcanic Paluweh Island is a harsh visual reminder of the unpredictability of volcanic eruptions. A pyroclastic flow descended from the 875 meter (2870–foot) summit of the volcano, and entered the ocean along the northwest coastline, extending the beach by a few meters.
Caribbean Water Supplies Severely Threatened By Climate Change, Scientists Warn
Experts are sounding a new alarm about the effects of climate change for parts of the Caribbean , the depletion of already strained drinking water throughout much of the region.
Experts Team Up on Tsunami Resilience in California
An earthquake in Alaska, if large enough, could spawn a tsunami that could cause at least $10 billion in damage along California’s coastline, scientists say.
Clues in Coral Bleaching Mystery
Coral reefs are tremendously important for ocean biodiversity, as well as for the economic and aesthetic value they provide to their surrounding communities. Unfortunately they have been in great decline in recent years, much of it due to the effects of global climate change.
The Beach Builders, Can the Jersey Shore be saved?
New Yorker staff writer John Seabrook discusses the effort to protect New Jersey’s beaches in an age of superstorms like last year’s Hurricane Sandy.